Minecraft Getting Real-Time Ray Tracing » The TV Rejects

In August, 2019, Minecraft announced that they are implementing Real-Time Ray Tracing for Windows 10 with devices that are capable of DirectX R, such as with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX GPU.  What does this mean? What is ray tracing?

Real-time ray tracing is coming to Minecraft on Windows 10, and it looks stunning

What Happened to Minecraft Xbox Series X Ray Tracing? - KeenGamer

Minecraft Has No Near Future Plans To Bring Ray-Tracing To Xbox Consoles

Minecraft Briefly Got Raytracing on Xbox Consoles - But It Was a Mistake - IGN

All ray tracing games on PC (Nvidia RTX and AMD Radeon)

RTX Showcase - Real-Time Ray-Tracing in Control and Minecraft (4K)

The best PC games with ray tracing

Minecraft with RTX beta release date, trailer revealed - Polygon

Xbox Series X Console - Xbox All Access : Target

What is ray tracing, and how will it change games?